Residents are concerned about access to food and fresh water as pumice makes travel difficult for Papua New Guinea's seafaring communities.

De moins en moins utilisées, les nasses à poissons en bambou, appelées « ha’ape’e » en tahitien, tendent à disparaître des pratiques de pêche. Les techniques de conservation du poisson ont évolué, mais à Paea, Michel Tepa continue inlassablement de les fabriquer. Portrait d’un artisan attaché à un savoir-faire traditionnel.

À la veille de la Journée mondiale de l’océan, le gouvernement polynésien s’apprête à renforcer la protection de ses espaces maritimes. Deux nouvelles zones, bénéficiant de niveaux de protection plus stricts, devraient être créées au nord-est des Marquises et au sud des Australes. Ce dispositif porterait à 1,6 million de km² la surface totale d’espaces marins protégés en Polynésie française.

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The Aravali's protection is secured as the NCR Regional Plan 2041 will retain the Natural Conservation Zone (NCZ) after years of debate. This crucial safeguard, previously challenged by Haryana, will remain, ensuring strict adherence to environmental regulations. The plan also outlines ambitious infrastructure projects to manage a growing NCR population.

Strong winds and rain at Delhi airport caused a passenger stepladder to roll into a parked Air India aircraft. The sudden weather event also blew ground support equipment into three other Air India planes, damaging them and forcing them out of service. No injuries were reported during the chaotic incident.

A Ukrainian drone attack on a passenger train in Crimea has left one person dead and another injured, governor Sergey Aksyonov has said Read Full Article at RT.com

Yerevan risks losing economic preferences from Moscow that many take for granted, Aleksandr Bobrov has told RT Read Full Article at RT.com

Andrey Marochko says Russian forces «have improved their tactical positions and expanded their zone of control»

As part of the festival, the second international Jazz Across Borders forum, dedicated to the development of the jazz industry, will take place

The epicenter was located 51 kilometers north of the city of General Santos

Earlier on Monday, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck the Philippines

According to Economic Development Ministry's department head Nikita Kondratyev, the ministry wants to complete the negotiation process with Malaysia, Indonesia, and Kuwait this year

The tremors affected many buildings in General Santos City, Master Sergeant Robert Dagon said, as cited by ABS-CBN

A van was reduced to its charred shell after it caught fire along the Seletar Expressway on Sunday (June 7) afternoon.The incident happened at about 2.45pm along the SLE towards the Bukit Timah Expressway, before the Upper Thomson Road exit. Map showing where the incident happened on June 7. GRAPHIC: Google Maps, Social media Videos posted on social media show a Toyota HiAce van stopped at the chevron marking of the expressway.Flames are seen engulfing the entire van, including the driver's cabin and cargo area.A second van is seen stopped along the road shoulder, with two men standing nearby, looking towards the direction of the burning van.In reply to AsiaOne's queries, the Singapore Civil Defence Force said firefighters extinguished the balze with two hose reels, adding that no injuries were reported.

A day out at a popular waterfall in Selangor ended with a Singaporean woman being taken to hospital after she was injured in a fall on Saturday (June 6).The incident occurred at Kanching Waterfall in Rawang, where emergency responders were called in to assist the woman after she reportedly sustained injuries in the area.In a Facebook post, the Rawang Fire and Rescue Department said its Alpha Team «attended to a special services case involving a Singaporean citizen who fell in the Kanching Waterfall area, Rawang».Upon arriving at the scene, rescuers carried out an operation to safely bring the woman down from the area.Photos shared by the department show firefighters carrying a stretcher along forested trails as they evacuated the victim from the waterfall.The woman was subsequently handed over handed over to the Ministry of Health Malaysia for examination and further action. Authorities have not disclosed the extent of her injuries.The fire department said the operation was completed smoothly with the cooperation of all parties involved.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- At least 660 healthcare professionals have been trained by the Health Ministry (MINSA) in areas related to hospital management, health statistics and data analysis, as part of a strategy to strengthen the governance of healthcare facilities and improve the quality of services provided to the public.

[ANGOP] Sumbe -- At least 100 people with albinism participated on Saturday in a skin cancer screening campaign held at the Comandante Raul Arguelles General Hospital in the province of Cuanza-Sul.

[ANGOP] Sumbe -- The governor of the Cuanza-Sul province, Eugenio Laborinho, instructed the municipal administrators of Conda, Condé, and Ebo to outline plans to improve the fundamental conditions of their communities to boost the development of their localities.

A 26-year-old man seen sitting precariously on the corridor ledge at a Housing and Development Board (HDB) block in Tampines on Sunday (June 7) morning was apprehended under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act after he was rescued.The incident happened at about 7.10am at Block 499C Tampines Avenue 9.A video posted on Sgfollowsall's Telegram channel shows the man sitting on a corridor ledge along the sixth floor of the said block, with his legs dangling off the ledge.At least one Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) fire engine, a rescue tender vehicle, and one light fire attack vehicle were at the scene. A safety life pack was also seen being deployed along the driveway below where the man was seated.Several police fast response cars were also seen at the driveway below the block.An eyewitness, who submitted the video to the channel, wrote in the captions that responding firefighters managed to calm the man down and were able to bring him back to safety. The eyewitness also noted that SCDF's Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) was deployed.

A powerful earthquake struck off the southern Philippines, shaking Mindanao and triggering tsunami warnings across parts of Asia Read Full Article at RT.com

A man who was awarded 95 per cent of nearly $23 million in matrimonial assets in 2025 has filed an appeal against the High Court decision, according to written grounds issued recently.The husband had contended that most of the assets held in his name or jointly with his children from a previous marriage should be excluded from the pool of matrimonial assets.He argued that the assets had been acquired before the current marriage or bought with funds earned before it.However, this claim was rejected by Justice Pang Khang Chau, who included $22.4 million worth of the man’s assets in the matrimonial pool.These included a property in Stevens Close, another property in Tudor Close, and money in multiple bank accounts.The wife’s assets amounted to more than $503,000.The judge valued the matrimonial pool at $22.9 million and divided it in the ratio of 95:5 in the husband’s favour.This meant that his share was $21.8 million, while the wife’s was $1.1 million.To implement the division, the judge ordered the husband to transfer more than $624,000 to the wife.

Israel's state broadcaster Kan earlier stated that the country intended to respond to missile strikes from Iranian territory

According to Eyal Zamir, the military has not yet received such an order

The official says that the Civil Contract party will single-handedly form the government

Prime minister's Civil Contract maintains its lead with 51.8%

According to Sergey Aksyonov, an enemy drone strike has injured the driver and killed the assistant driver of the train

Mountbatten MP Gho Sze Kee has weighed in on the controversy surrounding a pavement artist who was recently stopped by SMRT staff and reported to the police while creating sidewalk artwork near Mountbatten MRT station.In a Facebook post on Sunday (June 7), Gho said several people had reached out to her regarding the incident and the removal of the artwork.«I thought the right thing to do was for me to engage with LTA/SMRT and the police first to get the facts of the engagement before I talk about this,» she wrote.The incident gained attention after 24-year-old Marcus Pang shared on TikTok on June 5 that he was stopped while creating one of his pavement artworks using chalk and a power washer, as someone had complained about him spraying chemicals onto the grass. He later discovered that the pavement was subsequently whitewashed.Gho said she had seen Pang's works around for some time and personally thought they were «a nice touch to the neighbourhood».

As tickets sell out for the Singapore leg of K-pop boy band BTS' Arirang tour, scam losses involving the «sale» of tickets have reached at least $11,000, prompting the police to remind members of the public to remain vigilant.Sales for the four BTS concerts started in phases on Ticketmaster from June 3 to 5, selling out on June 5.Meanwhile, online travel platform Klook, which began sales of its ticket bundles on June 5, sold out on June 6, according to a Facebook post by the platform.Some 220,000 tickets have reportedly been sold for the four shows taking place on Dec 17, 19, 20 and 22 at National Stadium.Ticket scam losses of at least $11,000On June 2, the police issued an advisory, urging members of the public to be vigilant should they come across offers for the sale of concert tickets on messaging or social media platforms such as Telegram, Xiaohongshu, X, Carousell and Facebook.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has exploited a fractured opposition to sell voters perceived stability and a dream, Farhad Ibragimov told RT Read Full Article at RT.com

Le percussionniste et artisan Noël Mahuta, surnommé « Saté », est décédé ce samedi à l’âge de 64 ans. Figure engagée de la culture polynésienne, il a consacré sa vie à la fabrication et à la transmission des instruments traditionnels, entre scène, ateliers et actions culturelles à travers les îles.